reversible error

  • 1reversible error — see error Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. reversible error …

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  • 2Reversible error — In law, a reversible error is an error by the trier of law (judge) or the trier of fact (the jury or the judge if it is a bench trial) or malfeasance by one of the trying attorneys which results in an unfair trial. It is to be distinguished from… …

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  • 3reversible error — Prejudicial error. Error in the court below which has injuriously affected the appellant or by which he has suffered a miscarriage of justice. 5 Am J2d A & E § 783 …

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  • 4reversible error — noun : error justifying the vacating of a judgment or decree, sustaining an exception or appeal, or remanding a case for new trial or hearing …

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  • 5error — er·ror n: an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done procedural error s; esp: a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case to… …

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  • 6error — A mistaken judgment or incorrect belief as to the existence or effect of matters of fact, or a false or mistaken conception or application of the law. Such a mistaken or false conception or application of the law to the facts of a cause as will… …

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  • 7error — A mistaken judgment or incorrect belief as to the existence or effect of matters of fact, or a false or mistaken conception or application of the law. Such a mistaken or false conception or application of the law to the facts of a cause as will… …

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  • 8error — A mistake of law or fact; a mistake of the court in the trial of an action; a writ to review a judgment of an inferior court in a higher court for errors appearing on the face of the record. A proceeding under a writ of error, distinct, under the …

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  • 9Reversible Errors — infobox Book | name = Reversible Errors title orig = translator = image caption = author = Scott Turow cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Legal thriller, Crime novel publisher = Farrar Straus Giroux release …

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  • 10error, reversible — n. An error that justifies an appellate court’s reversing a trial court’s decision. See also assignment of error The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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